Monday, May 30, 2011

The other zig zag

I wasn’t going to blog this quilt since this is the ump-teenth time I’ve shown you a quilt like this…..but after sitting through an agonizing hour(s?) of quilting I needed someone to grumble too. And you my friends…are that someone.

I love the look of straight line quilting but it is torture for me. Seriously…I hate it. Next time I need to get a good book to listen to.

I actually made this quilt awhile ago…but it wasn’t until I was boxing it up and sending it off to its new owner that I remembered how much I like the finished quilting. Luckily straight line quilting is kind of like having a baby for me….pretty soon I’ll forget all about the pain and want to do it again. Or not. We’ll see. Also…

I love that you show us your zig zag quilts. It's great seeing the different color combos. I hear you, though, about straight line stitching. I so love the look, but it can be sooooooooo boring! Thanks again for sharing.

YAY!! It's my FAVOURITE quilt!! THIS is the quilt that inspired me to start quilting again :-) I haven't made it yet - but have been slowly collecting up fabrics for it! It think I'll just do ONE zig and zag on the white - it looks SO cool with lots .. but sounds like I might go mental if I try recreate it!! haha

Oh this is a very cute quilt. I love the zig zag quilting too. You can complain anytime you want:D We all know you still really enjoy the finished product as much as we all do. The work you put into your quilts is sooo worth it! Keep 'em coming!

Lovely quilting! Worth the pain. And I'll add my voice to those saying you are not alone. Straight-line quilting is so tedious. I try to talk myself into FMQ instead for everything. But sometimes straight lines are what the quilt wants. Glad you stuck it out on this one.

I must admit I don't like SLQ either, at least not the sewing. But it does look awesome on your quilt. I really need to make a zig zag quilt.Since I started quilting, I started getting 2 audio books per month from audible.co.UK for £8. I buy books that are at least 25 hours long. The longer, the better. It makes even tedious quilting quite pleasant. I've built up a mini library of great listens, all for free or £4 each! If you want some recommendations let me know! As much as I hate audible's DRM thingy on my laptop, cheap audiobooks are sooo nice!

Love this quilt. I really like straight line quilting. Free motion scares the beejeebees out of me. I use 505 spray on my quilts and that helps a lot with puckering on the back. It keeps the quilt sandwich together and washes out.

Ohhhh love it.. I don't do a lot of straight line work on my longarm but would love to do you one some time... on the house of course!.. Looking at your colors just makes me happy! So it seems like it might be fun to quilt it!

I recently did this kind of crazy zig-zag quilting on a disappearing nine-patch quilt (inspired by pics on your blog, in fact!), so I feel your pain! It required lots of music and lots of deep breaths... Thanks for blogging this one, I really enjoy seeing your work.

Straight line quilting is just perfect for this quilt, it looks great! Did you mark between lines? What a job!! And "reading" via my Zune takes me away from mundane techniques, I don't know that I could chain-piece, for example, without listening!

This is a gorgeous quilt it's so bright and cheery, and the straight line quilting really works. It's funny because it's stippling that makes me break out in a cold sweat - most of my quilts are straight line :-)

I just finished a zigzag quilt with straight line quilting so I totally feel your pain. And yes, listening to books is such a great way to pass the time! I listened to most of Lord of the Rings and a few others. Maybe that will get me going on the quilting I'm working on now. I'm struggling with motivation.

Now I've recovered from the first quilt I ever made, I want to make a zigzag quilt just like this one. I love all of your zigzag quilts, but I'm so scared to make one in case I get the lines wrong. I guess I'll have to start with something really small, like a cushion or something! http://handmadebyclairebear.com/2011/06/09/the-first-quilt-i-made/